Research
I'm interested in full-duplex capable software defined radios, and especially enjoy working on system level ideas to inform analog circuit designs. I also like thinking about the entire vertical stack from testability to algorithms and new networking protocols.
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A Wideband Fully Integrated Software-Defined Transceiver for FDD and TDD Operation
Hazal Yüksel, Dong Yang, Zachariah Boynton, Changhyuk Lee, Thomas Tapen, Alyosha Molnar, Alyssa Apsel
IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, 2017
We present an SDR in which a distributed TX circuit cancels the transmitted signal at the RX port while adding constructively at the antenna (TX) port. Measurements from the transceiver implemented in 65-nm CMOS show a frequency tuning range of 0.3-1.6 GHz with TX-RX isolation >23 dB and transmitted power up to 19 dBm.
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Broadly tunable frequency division duplex transceiver: Theory and operation
Hazal Yüksel, Dong Yang, Zachariah Boynton, Emory Enroth, Thomas Tapen, Alyosha Molnar, Alyssa Apsel
IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, 2016
We analyze theoretical limits for figures of merit such as isolation and efficiency for the transceiver we introduced at RFIC 2016.
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Challenges and approaches to software defined duplexing radio
Alyssa Apsel, Alyosha Molnar, Dong Yang, Hazal Yüksel, Thomas Tappen, Emory Enroth, Mashrur Mohiuddin, Zachariah Boynton
IEEE International Conference on Electronics, Circuits and Systems, 2016
One of the remaining challenges in software defined radio hardware is the construction of a flexible RF system capable of duplex operation. Specifically, transmitting and receiving on the same antenna across a wide band of frequencies presents a significant challenge. We present some of the primary challenges that arise in this space, as well as some interesting published and potential solutions.
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A fully integrated software-defined FDD transceiver tunable from 0.3-to-1.6 GHz
Dong Yang*, Hazal Yüksel*, Christopher Newman, Changhyuk Lee, Zachariah Boynton, Noman Paya, Miles Pedrone, Alyssa Apsel, Alyosha Molnar [*eq
IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium, 2016
Nominated for the best paper award!
An ideal software defined radio requires a reconfigurable, integrated and widely-frequency-tunable transceiver that is capable of supporting different duplexing schemes. We introduce an FDD and TDD capable single antenna transceiver that achieves >25dB of isolation over the 0.3GHz-1.6GHz band.
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A wideband highly integrated and widely tunable transceiver for in-band full-duplex communication
Dong Yang, Hazal Yüksel, Alyosha Molnar
IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits, 2015
We introduce a fully integrated, wideband, duplexing transceiver with baseband noise cancelling duplexing LNAs. We achieve 30dB of isolation in RX band for a 0.1GHz-1.5GHz frequency range during FDD operation.
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A circuit-level model for accurately modeling 3rd order nonlinearity in CMOS passive mixers
Hazal Yüksel, Dong Yang, Alyosha Molnar
IEEE Radio Frequency Integrated Circuits Symposium, 2014
Nominated for the best paper award!
We introduce a circuit level modeling technique to accurately simulate 3rd order nonlinearity for passive mixers.
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Honors and Awards
Facebook Fellowship Finalist 2016 Jacobs Fellowship 2012-2013
George Sherrerd III Memorial Award 2012, for highest scholastic achievement in the field of ECE
SWE Goldman Sachs Scholarship 2011
SWE Rockwell Collins Scholarship 2010
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